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Onam 2020: Mohanlal, Amitabh Bachchan, Nivin Pauly And Others’ Wish Fans On Social Media

Celebrities, on the occasion of Onam, takes to social media to wish their fans.

By Nikita Singh
Onam wishes by celebs

The harvest festival Onam dawned today. In view of the occasion, several celebrities are taking to social media to wish their fans. This festival, marks the beginning of the harvest season for Keralites and is a ten-day affair that ends with Thiruvonam.

As the legend goes, Thiruvonam is the day demon king Mahabali visits Earth. Despite being a demon, Mahabali was known as a virtuous king which is why people celebrate his return. Malayalis celebrate the festival with a nine-course feast called Onasadhya and the convivality of the festival is maintained by Vallam Kali (boat races), Pulikali (tiger dances), Pookkalam (flower Rangoli), Onathappan (worship), Onam Kali, Tug of War, Thumbi Thullal (women’s dance), Kummattikali (mask dance), Onathallu (martial arts), Onavillu (music), Kazhchakkula (plantain offerings), Onapottan (costumes) and Atthachamayam (folk songs and dance).

People in the Hindi film fraternity, Malaika Arora Khan, whose mother Joyce Polycarp is a Malayali Catholic, was one of the first celebrities to share their Onam celebration pictures with fans. Malaika celebrated the festival with her parents, sister Amrita Arora and her family.

” Our table is set… and finally after over 5 months we all together at my parents home n on this very auspicious day of Onam… thank u mom @joycearora for this lovely spread,” Malaika wrote alongside photos of the elaborate Onasadhya spread.

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